Ponce

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUZ YESENIA PONCE, No. 1:20-cv-00261-NONE-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING UNITED STATES’

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS AND

ADVENTISTS MEDICAL CENTER – REMANDING TO STATE COURT HANFORD, et al., (Doc. No. 6) Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Luz Yesenia Ponce filed this action on July 23, 2019 in Kings County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1 at 5.) Defendant United States of America timely removed. (See id. at 1–3.) The United States substituted in this action in the place of defendant David Cryns, D.O., pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 233(c) because defendant Cryns was a deemed employee of the Public Health Service and was acting within the scope of such employment at the time of the incidents giving rise to the action. (Doc. No. 2 at 2.) In this action, plaintiff alleges medical malpractice against defendants in connection with a sterilization procedure. (Doc. No. 1 at 6–9.) On February 26, 2020, the United…